Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: Identities
Point of View:
Third person
Protagonist:
The Man
What type of character is the Protagonist?
Round character
Antagonist:
Himself
Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere)
Afternoon, Scary/Untrustable Neighborhood, Fear.
Type of Conflict:
Man Vs Himself and Man vs Environment
Describe the main conflict:
The main conflict is Him vs Himself
Describe the Climax of the Story:
When he got shot
How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?
He changed from someone who didn't care about life, to a man who gave value to his life.
Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.
The relationship between the title and the theme is the title "Identities" cause of how, the Police steriotype him, because of his Identity
How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?
It shows that if Steriotyping is getting too far, it can be dangerous
How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?
It shows readers how our appearance can get us into bad troubles.
Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile:
The grubby children who darts back and forth like startled fish.
Metaphor:
Eagles,tigers,wolves and serpents ride their backs.
Personification:
The houses are squat, as though they have been taller and have,slowly,sunk into the ground.
Symbol:
Mercedes Benz
Foreshadowing (give both elements):
1) he goes clean shaven into the world but the promise of a saturday liquid with sunshine draws him first from his study to the backyards.
2)When the unexperience Officer, who is nervous because of the neighbourhood and being suspicious because of the car. And that, he has been trained to see unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief and not as a probable owner.
Irony:
He is so intent upon the future that he dangerously ignores the present and does not notice the police car, who was concealed in the shadows of a side street to follow him.
Imagery:
The smell of burning leaves stirs the memories of childhood car rides,narrow lanes adrift with yellow leaves,girls on plodding horses,unattended stands piled high with pumpkins,onions,or beets
The "Identity" Pharagraph
This story is about a Man who is afraid to go into the world. In the beginning of the story, the Man leaves his house, because he is really sick and tired of his same old life and aspect in human nature never satisfied. So he got into his car, and started driving around. Then he felt Weird and Scared after passing couple houses, because the Environment is bad. Suddenly, the Policeman drive by behind him. But the thing that he didn't know is, The Policeman is also getting suspicious, cause he is seeing a really nice car in the Crappy Neiborhood. So the Police suspects that the car is stolen. Then, they get off the car, and so did the Man.
The Policeman judged the man too quick and suspect something is fake from him, and He was scared that the Man might do something to him. The elements of human nature displayed in this book are Fear, Curiosity and Stereotyping.
Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: Identities
Point of View:
Third person
Protagonist:
The Man
What type of character is the Protagonist?
Round character
Antagonist:
Himself
Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere)
Afternoon, Scary/Untrustable Neighborhood, Fear.
Type of Conflict:
Man Vs Himself and Man vs Environment
Describe the main conflict:
The main conflict is Him vs Himself
Describe the Climax of the Story:
When he got shot
How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?
He changed from someone who didn't care about life, to a man who gave value to his life.
Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.
The relationship between the title and the theme is the title "Identities" cause of how, the Police steriotype him, because of his Identity
How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?
It shows that if Steriotyping is getting too far, it can be dangerous
How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?
It shows readers how our appearance can get us into bad troubles.
Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):
Simile:
The grubby children who darts back and forth like startled fish.
Metaphor:
Eagles,tigers,wolves and serpents ride their backs.
Personification:
The houses are squat, as though they have been taller and have,slowly,sunk into the ground.
Symbol:
Mercedes Benz
Foreshadowing (give both elements):
1) he goes clean shaven into the world but the promise of a saturday liquid with sunshine draws him first from his study to the backyards.
2)When the unexperience Officer, who is nervous because of the neighbourhood and being suspicious because of the car. And that, he has been trained to see unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief and not as a probable owner.
Irony:
He is so intent upon the future that he dangerously ignores the present and does not notice the police car, who was concealed in the shadows of a side street to follow him.
Imagery:
The smell of burning leaves stirs the memories of childhood car rides,narrow lanes adrift with yellow leaves,girls on plodding horses,unattended stands piled high with pumpkins,onions,or beets
The "Identity" Pharagraph
This story is about a Man who is afraid to go into the world. In the beginning of the story, the Man leaves his house, because he is really sick and tired of his same old life and aspect in human nature never satisfied. So he got into his car, and started driving around. Then he felt Weird and Scared after passing couple houses, because the Environment is bad. Suddenly, the Policeman drive by behind him. But the thing that he didn't know is, The Policeman is also getting suspicious, cause he is seeing a really nice car in the Crappy Neiborhood. So the Police suspects that the car is stolen. Then, they get off the car, and so did the Man.The Policeman judged the man too quick and suspect something is fake from him, and He was scared that the Man might do something to him.
The elements of human nature displayed in this book are Fear, Curiosity and Stereotyping.